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6 Bizarre Factors That Predict Every Presidency

The Washington Redskins enjoy one of the most remarkable reputations in political history due to a little correlation called the "Redskins rule." It's as simple as it is spooky: If the Redskins win their last home game before election day, then the party in power gets to hold on to the White House. If the Redskins lose, no matter how close the game, the opposition party takes over.

You could write it off as blind chance if, say, it worked for three or four elections ... but the rule has incredibly held true for every damn election since 1940, except one (and we'll get to it in a minute). So this is slowly entering gypsy curse territory.

If you popped out of a time machine at a random moment in history, how would you know whether or not the country was in a recession? There'd be obvious signs, like lots more ads for payday loan joints and offers to buy your gold for pennies on the dollar. But there are less obvious, much weirder clues all around you.

After all, did you know that when the economy is bad ...

Thanks, global recession!

This was probably the stupidest but had me lauging the most under Advertisements Get Nastier...

"I've just got the clap, but that Geico bitch has straight-up syphilis."

Wasn't there one four years ago about an octopus or squid that was good at picking elections? I think it went on some kind of amazing run through the primaries and then picked Obama over McCain in the general. Not sure what happened to it, though. Maybe somebody ate it.

The Dolphins Rule: If Miami's opponent in its last away game before the election completes at least 19 passes, the Democrat wins. Otherwise, the Republican wins. 10/11
This year: at Indianapolis on Nov. 4